HOUSE BILL REPORT
SSB 5892
BYSenate Committee on Governmental Operations (originally sponsored by Senators Smitherman, Johnson and Bottiger)
Modifying the binding site plan exemption to land subdivision requirements.
House Committe on Local Government
Majority Report: Do pass. (13)
Signed by Representatives Haugen, Chair; Cooper, Vice Chair; Beck, Bumgarner, Ferguson, Hine, Madsen, Nealey, Nelson, Nutley, Rayburn, L. Smith and Zellinsky.
House Staff:Steve Lundin (786-7127)
AS PASSED HOUSE APRIL 9, 1987
BACKGROUND:
Every division of property for purposes of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership, where the smallest lot is less than five acres, must be reviewed and approved by the county, city or town within which it is located. A county, city, or town may increase the size of the smallest lot to be created by a division of property that is subject to its review and approval or rejection.
A county, city or town may adopt an ordinance subjecting proposed divisions of property to a binding site plan procedure in lieu of the subdivision or sort subdivision procedure, if the division is for any or all of the following purposes: (1) sale or lease for industrial or commercial uses; (2) lease for placing mobile homes or travel trailers; or (3) condominiums.
A binding site plan for sale or lease of lots for industrial or commercial uses, and for lease of lots for use by mobile homes or travel trailers, must be approved by the governing body of the county, city or town.
SUMMARY:
A county, city or town, instead of the governing body of a county, city or town, must approve a binding site plan for sale or lease of lots for industrial or commercial uses, and for lease of lots for mobile homes or travel trailers.
Fiscal Note: Not Requested.
House Committee ‑ Testified For: Tom Dolan, City of Tacoma; and Jim Williams, Association of Counties.
House Committee - Testified Against: None Presented.
House Committee - Testimony For: This will save time and money.
House Committee - Testimony Against: None Presented.